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simulated low-pressure (2.07 bar, 7 s) chemi- TCC (Castillo et al. 1998a; Graves Delmore
cal sprays on whole beef hides inoculated et al. 1998).
with E. coli O157:H7 and Salmonella, In commercial applications, chemical
Carlson et al. (2008a, b) found that 10% of dehairing reduced visible contamination
warm (55°C) lactic or acetic acid, or cold (i.e., hair and carcass defects) and the amounts
(23°C) solutions of sodium metasilicate (SM; of waste derived from carcass trimming
4%), SH (3%), and SH (1.5%) in combina- compared to the conventional process, but it
tion with chlorinated water (200 ppm) had negligible effect in reducing carcass
reduced the inoculated levels of the above bacterial loads (Schnell et al. 1995). This
pathogens by >2 log10 CFU/cm2. The above was attributed to the fact that dehairing was